You Can’t Rely on Inspiration: Essential Writing Advice from J.G. Ballard

You Can’t Rely on Inspiration: Essential Writing Advice from J.G. Ballard

"Self-discipline is enormously important."

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How to Arrange an 1890s-Style Shotgun Wedding

How to Arrange an 1890s-Style Shotgun Wedding

Dueling Affairs and a Scandal That Rocked Washington

By Patricia Miller | November 15, 2018

When a Story is Best Told Backwards

When a Story is Best Told Backwards

Samantha Harvey on the Melancholy of Reverse Narratives

By Samantha Harvey | November 15, 2018

My Parents' Wedding Was Arranged. I Wanted Something Different.

My Parents' Wedding Was Arranged. I Wanted Something Different.

Huda Al-Marashi on a Not So Typical American Love Story

By Huda Al-Marashi | November 15, 2018

Announcing the Winner of Restless Books New Immigrant Writing Prize

Announcing the Winner of Restless Books New Immigrant Writing Prize

Priyanka Champaneri for Her novel The City of Good Death

By Literary Hub | November 15, 2018

How America Remembers Emmett Till

How America Remembers Emmett Till

"Hatred could not justify child murder, but fear could."

By Elliott Gorn | November 15, 2018

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Adventures in Insomnia: Sleep Diets, Weird Dreams, and the Singularity

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Atwood, Murakami, Roth and Others Unpack Their Masterpieces

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<em>Dirty Dancing</em> Belongs in the Lesbian Rom-Com Canon

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Esther Newton Makes an Important Case

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Wouldn't It Be Great To Directly Perceive the Warping of Space-Time?

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Astronomer Chris Impey is Out Here Asking the Important Questions

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Herman Melville: How to Promote Your Future Classic About Whales

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Eight Short Stories for Long Distance Runners

Eight Short Stories for Long Distance Runners

Actually Running is Hard. Read These Stories about Running Instead.

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Reading Across America: Literature and Community in Sin City

Reading Across America: Literature and Community in Sin City

Kayla Dean on Neon Lit, a Grad Student-Run Reading Series in Las Vegas

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